Hi, Jim Well those are the class of capacitors that I was referring to and we used them in electricity meters that had to operate from line voltages as high as 480 VAC - high-line -or 530 VAC, and of course cope with the hellish spikes and surges on the line side of the meters. And you are correct, they are designed to with stand VERY high voltage spikes without breaking down.
73, Charlie,K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:32 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: AC line bypass capacitors On Wed,2/4/2015 9:52 AM, Roger Graves wrote: > I would like to try bypassing the AC line. There is a particular class of bypass capacitor required for the AC line, because it is subject to HV spikes from the power system. They are standard parts, rated specifically for 3-6 kV. buy from Newark, Allied, Digikey, etc. I don't recall the nomenclature off the top of my head, but it's in k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 73, Jim K9YC _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband